ort

[ awrt ]

/ ɔrt /

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noun

Usually orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Nearby words

orseille, orsha, orsini, orsk, orson, ort, ortanique, ortega, ortega saavedra, ortega saavedra, daniel, ortega y gasset

Origin of ort

1400–50; late Middle English; cognate with Low German ort, early Dutch oorete; compare Old English or- out-, ǣt food (see eat)

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Examples from the Web for ort

It ort to meet the 'proval of the American Fish-hawk with all his pinions and talents.
The End Of The World|Edward Eggleston
I told her that if she wanted a govermunt quilt and wanted it appropriate she ort to have a crazy quilt.
Samantha on the Woman Question|Marietta Holley
By rights, he ort ter hev got shuffled out o' the game, across the lake in that balloon house.
Motor Matt's Hard Luck|Stanley R. Matthews
My fruit cake is good, though I say it that ort not to; it is widely known and admired.
Samantha at the World's Fair|Marietta Holley

I ain't acquainted through heah, but I reckon nine oah ten days had ort to put us into Eagle if the snow holds.
Connie Morgan in Alaska|James B. Hendryx

Word Origin and History for ort

ort

"remains of food left from a meal," mid-15c., probably cognate with early Dutch ooraete, Low German ort, from or-, privative prefix, + etan "to eat" (see eat (v.)). Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word.